‘They’re scared’:Will ‘parachute’ backlash cost Kristina Keneally?

‘They’re scared’:Will ‘parachute’ backlash cost Kristina Keneally?

What should have been an easy victory for Kristina Keneally has turned into one of the election’s most competitive,personal and dirty battles.

  • byMatthew Knott

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Scott Morrison accused of misleading voters on Biloela family

Scott Morrison accused of misleading voters on Biloela family

Critics swiftly refuted the PM’s claim,made while campaigning with Immigration Minister Alex Hawke,that the government could not issue visas to the family.

  • byDavid Crowe
Albanese celebrates his heritage and the schoolchildren who had their names teased

Albanese celebrates his heritage and the schoolchildren who had their names teased

The Labor leader says the Liberals need to consider the impression their ads making fun of his surname have on multicultural voters.

  • byKatina Curtis
Sacked Keneally staffer may have had #MeToo defence over alleged threats:tribunal

Sacked Keneally staffer may have had #MeToo defence over alleged threats:tribunal

Pierce Field claims he was unfairly dismissed by Kristina Keneally’s office and a Fair Work Commission judge believes he was denied a right of reply.

  • byAngus Thompson
Kristina Keneally threatened with serious harm,court documents allege

Kristina Keneally threatened with serious harm,court documents allege

Two people accused of sending threats of violent acts to Labor senator Kristina Keneally have had their matters heard in court for the first time.

  • bySarah McPhee
Young Liberals lash Hawke over preselections

Young Liberals lash Hawke over preselections

The young cadres aren’t the only ones angry at the way the Liberal Party in NSW has picked its candidates.

  • byNick Bonyhady andStephen Brook
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Labor vows to stop Australia from becoming ‘guest worker nation’

Labor vows to stop Australia from becoming ‘guest worker nation’

The opposition will announce plans to end the nation’s dependence on short-term visa holders and make it easier for foreign workers to gain permanent residency.

  • byMatthew Knott
‘No friend in me’:Keneally warns those who use Kimberley Kitching’s death for political gain

‘No friend in me’:Keneally warns those who use Kimberley Kitching’s death for political gain

Labor senator Penny Wong has said she will not “return anger with anger” over the death of Kimberley Kitching in a parliamentary tribute to the late senator this morning.

  • byAngus Thompson
Voters have shown they don’t want parachute candidates. So why do parties do it?

Voters have shown they don’t want parachute candidates. So why do parties do it?

It is something both sides of politics do:recruit high-profile candidates to attract the attention of voters who might be wooed by a name they know. Kristina Keneally and Andrew Charlton are just the latest examples,but they have stirred debate about Labor’s commitment to diversity.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andJacqueline Maley
Jacqui Lambie says she made secret deal with PM to get refugees to NZ

Jacqui Lambie says she made secret deal with PM to get refugees to NZ

New Zealand will accept 450 refugees from Australia under a three-year deal,which independent senator Jacqui Lambie says was part of a promise Scott Morrison made her.

  • byKatina Curtis andAngus Livingston
Kitching was caught in an increasingly deformed party culture

Kitching was caught in an increasingly deformed party culture

It seems beyond question that Kimberley Kitching was not treated favourably by her senior Senate colleagues Penny Wong,Kristina Keneally and Katy Gallagher,the group she privately dubbed the Mean Girls

  • byShaun Carney